Sportsman’s Notebook DEMONSTRATION OF NEW LIFE-SAVING DRILL

Press, Volume C, Issue 29504, 4 May 1961, Page 12

Sportsman’s Notebook DEMONSTRATION OF NEW LIFE-SAVING DRILL

So that next season's competition will not be held up unnecessarily, a detailed demonstration of the new drill, as adopted at the recent surf life-saving instructional conference at Adelaide, for the mouth-to-mouth method of resuscitation is to be given to local surfers on Sunday morning. May 14, at South Brighton beach. Since the expired air method of resuscitation, commonly known as the mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-nose method, was approved by the New Zealand Surf Life-saving Association more than a year ago. no points have been allotted by judges for the resuscitation drill in any surf carnivals held in the Dominion, including provincial, national, and international contests. During last season, competitors in both six-man rescue and resuscitation events and four-man alarm events were not judged on the resuscitation section, although they had to go through the motions of the new method. This was a pity, as the points usually allotted for resuscitation drill can make all the difference to the outcome of the contests. However, it was unavoidable. When the New Zealand association decided to adopt the expired air resuscitation, in common with all other life-saving and water safety bodies. It did not have either the time or the information required to formulate a definite drill pattern before the 1960-61 season. Consultation was also required with the Australian surfing authorities before any decision could be reached. An agreement between both New Zealand and Australian surf officials was reached at the recent instructional conference, and it is important for the future of the sport in Canterbury that competitors attend the demonstration. The demonstration will be given by a team from the South Brighton Club, directed by the Canterbury association's chief instructor (Mr A. Lee), who attended the conference as a delegate. » ♦ $ Inter-Club Squash Matches in the Christchurch squash rackets interclub competitions will again be played every second week. This decision was made by the annual meeting of club delegates which was held at Wigram on Monday night. Inter-club play will commence on May 16, and a round will be played on every second Tuesday night throughout the season. Nine ■-vw will contest the A

grade competition—four from the Christchurch Club, two from University and one each from the Officers’ Club. Wigram. and Lincoln—and there are seven entries, two each from University and the Junior Chamber, and one each from Christ's College, the Officers' Club, and the Christchurch Club in the B grade. The Junior Chamber has dropped out of the A grade and is replaced by Lincoln, which has an A grade team for the first time. Both A and B grades will be played on the same night. ♦ * $ Roller Skating The Glenmore Roller Skating Club, which has been operating for only six months, won the W. Brown Challenge Cup for competition among the Glenmore, Sockburn, and Freeville roller skating clubs. « * * Badminton Matches The Canterbury Badminton Association has called for entries for A, B, C, D and president’s grades for its 1961 competitions. The competitions will be run on the same basis as last season, with teams of four men and four women, playing matches of one set only. The association has also decided that players who do not take part in the inter-club competitions will not be eligible for selection for representative teams. $ # * Squash Tourneys The Christchurch closed squash racket championships will be conducted this season by the Christchurch Club and will be held during the week commencing June 19. with the finals on the Friday evening at the Chester street courts. The following Christchurch ranking ladder has been announced for the commencement of the 1961 season:—M. L. Rooney, H. S. Gair, R. G. Pattinson. L. G. Holder. N. W. McGillivray. P. M. Hill, M. O. Holdsworth, M. R. Blank. P. R. Hadley, D. R. Preston, J. Matheson, J. S. Boys.